Third Party Watch

State Senate candidate Arin Sime has received an excellent endorsement from his local News Virginian newspaper. To read the text (it’s been scanned in) click here.

This is great news from the Sime campaign, just a few days before the election!

If you’ve yet to hear about Arin’s campaign, here are some links to past coverage [...]

With 16 hours remaining, the graphic on the Ron Paul website shows just over $2.5 million collected. The goal is still stated to be $4 million for October.

I think they really need to rethink how they set these goals to avoid hurting volunteer morale.

Then again, maybe they’re holding some big chunk of off-line donations [...]

AUCKLAND NZ (ANS)—The announcement of a new Christian political party last week has added confusion to the already fraught New Zealand Christian political scene.

After failed attempts to form a united Christian based political vehicle last month, former Destiny NZ party leader, Richard Lewis has announced he will now be heading the newly established Family Party.

The [...]

The Right to Life Party has a new website that features several candidates in New York they have endorsed:
http://www.righttolife-9jd.com/

The Sime for State Senate campaign has sent out the following message asking supporters to make phone calls (you can live anywhere!) and work the polls on election day. This is a solid campaign and well worth the effort of anyone who wants to get involved…

Phone Volunteers Needed!

The Libertarian Party has a neat tool [...]

Optimism and energy prevailed as Constitution Party leaders and activists from all across the country gathered in America’s heartland to participate in the Constitution Party’s Fall National Committee Meeting this past week. The well-attended meeting, chaired by Jim Clymer of Pennsylvania, was held at the Holiday Inn in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and focused heavily [...]

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Congressman Tom Tancredo®—a 2008 Presidential hopeful—announced Monday he will not see re-election next year. “It’s the fact that I really believe I have done all I can do in the House, especially about the issue [immigration] about which I care greatly,” Tancredo explained to the Rocky Mountain News. Tancredo also said that if his [...]

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Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney continue to keep their third party options open for the 2008 Presidential race. Both are taking steps the maximize their options. The latest proof: Nader and McKinney each allowed their names to be placed on the California Presidential primary ballot for both the Green Party and Peace & Freedom Party [...]

It seems that Ron Paul’s new television advertising in New Hampshire is being considered too bland and/or tame by some of his legions of online supporters…

While FMNN predicted that the GOP presidential campaign of Ron Paul might scrap a campaign ad that drew so much criticism over the weekend, the campaign brain-trust apparently thought better. [...]

LP presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root released a campaign video from his speech at the Conservative Leadership Conference. The entire series of videos (35 minutes long) can be found here. But here’s the best one:

About 3 minutes and 30 seconds into this interview, Ron Paul is asked if he would consider running as the candidate of a third party.

His answer is not exactly a no…

After throwing water all over the rumors he had originally been encouraging, talk of a Michael Bloomberg independent candidacy is starting to spread slowly once again. Here New York Press magazine speculates about potential running mates for Bloomberg, should he decide to take the plunge…

Ballot laws would let presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg hold off [...]

Slipped into the middle of this article about Ron Paul in Montana is the fact that he’s been endorsed by Constitution Party state representative Rick Jore.

From the Flathead Beacon…

Curtiss’s sentiments were shared by many who attended the meeting, Republicans who say they are disillusioned with the Iraq war and the rampant spending and expansion of [...]

This is a nice newspaper endorsement for Libertarian city council candidate Robert Enders. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel…

The council has never had a Libertarian, and putting one there would make the body more interesting. A Libertarian would always raise points not usually made by either Republicans or Democrats.

So we recommend that voters give council [...]

This is just a painful to watch segment. The College Republican tries to speak up for Ron Paul and the anchor says he doesn’t have a chance. The College Democrat can barely hear the guy’s sarcastic questioning of her.

Just a totally pointless timewaster because they don’t have any real news to talk about…

Am I the only one that thinks American high schools partnering with the United Nations on “Model UN,” International Baccalureate programs, or helping raise money on behalf of UNICEF is a bad thing?

Libertarians and other independents alike are treating the latest news from the Libertarian hotbed of Ellis County, Texas with shock and outrage:

Trick [...]

About a week ago the Ron Paul campaign refocused their website’s fundraising efforts on a short-term goal of raising $430,000 in three days to air radio ads in some early primary states. The campaign came very close to meeting that number, falling short by just under $30,000.

Part of the thing about that first fundraising [...]

Libertarian Party candidate for Ellis County, Texas sheriff Mike Treis is actively seeking the support of independents, Ron Paul Republicans and Constitution Party members in his bid to win next year’s open race.

It will mark the first time in Ellis County’s history that a minor-party candidate appears on a countywide ballot.

Pro-life and a retired minister, [...]

Ballot Access News is reporting that the new nationally-organized Independence Party has picked up an affiliate in Pennsylvania.

It comes in the form of the remnants of the state’s Reform Party…

On October 22, the Pennsylvania Reform Party affiliated with the new nationally organized Independence Party. The Pennsylvania Reform Party had been previously unaffiliated with any national [...]

Just got this tip from a friend involved with the Alaskan Independence Party. The party appears to have elected a member to a local Hospital Service Board…

John “Ozzy” Osborne was elected to the Central Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board on 10/02/07. He is a long time member of the Alaskan Independence Party, and [...]

When someone is considered a fringe candidate in the third party world, that indicates the candidate is probably really, really out there. Reason’s David Weigel managed to capture Daniel Imperato trying to steal some thunder from Ron Paul (similar to his meetings with James Dobson, President Bush and Karl Rove) at the Family Research [...]

The Libertarian Party is the only minor party with ballot access in Texas, leaving voters with just three choices – and possibly more with special elections (which are rare) – so here’s a successful option: why can’t Constitution Party of Texas candidates run as Libertarians in a quasi-fusion ticket?

Libertarian Mike Treis of Ellis County is [...]

The Constitution Party of Texas doesn’t have ballot access. If they did, perhaps the REAL ID would become a campaign issue…to Left Behind Christians.

The latest from the state chapter of the CP is that the REAL ID Act – which gets implemented next year – is the Mark of the Beast talked about in Revelation.

Only [...]

Vermont Progressive Party activist Anthony Pollina is considering another bid for Governor in 2008. Back in 2000, Pollina was the party’s nominee and captured just under 10% of the vote. In 2002 he ran for Lt. Governor and won about 25% of the vote.

From WCAX-TV…

At this meeting of the Dairy Task [...]

I just recently learned of this group. It apparently looks like it’s made up of LDS (Mormon) Constitutionalists, Libertarians, and LDS of other political stripes that support Ron Paul.

You can check out the website here.